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Friday, March 14, 2008

Nutella Banana Muffins...in pink

I’ve always been a girly-girl. Whether by nature, by nurture, or by fate, my internal compass always points to an undeniably feminine North. Pink is my favorite color (well, pink and gold actually). As a child, I loved dolls. Yes, Barbie, I’m not ashamed to admit. I collect ribbons. I love earrings…especially ones long enough brush my shoulders. I owned a hoop skirt when I was a kid…and I used to prance around the garden in it, pretending to be Scarlett O’hara.

It could be argued that I am absolutely and positively awful at anything athletic, thus leaving me no choice but to be girly or be scorned, but I think my intentions were sincere.

There were times though that I hid it. I hid it under black clothes and loud music and sarcasm. But still. It lived and it thrived. It would not be denied.

Then one fine day, somewhere in between the angst of adolescence and the cusp of adulthood, I realized: I’m girly and I don’t care what anyone thinks! Pink is my favorite color! PINK is my favorite color!!!

You know what I discovered then? You can be girly and pink and Barbie…and also be rock and smudged black eyeliner and sharp wit. In this day and age, we can have our cake and eat it too!

And if you know your way around the kitchen, that takes on a deliciously literal aspect.

Case in point: Let’s say you like bananas and banana bread. You also like Nutella and anything with Nutella…especially cupcakes. Plus, you want to use your pink cake stand and pink argyle cupcake liners.

No problem.

I knew I had to make these Nutella Banana Muffins as soon as I saw the recipe on Delicious Days. It has everything I could hope for in a cupcake/muffin (ok, except for this)! I made them for an afternoon tea I had a while back with my dear bookstore friends. Instead of making the chocolate coating though, I frosted the cupcakes with more Nutella. A bit much? I don’t think so. Because of the way Nutella seems to disappear on me when I bake it, I thought a little bit of uncooked Nutella insurance was called for!

A chocolate, Nutella-y, banana bread all dolled up in pink argyle cupcake liners…what more could this girly-girl want? (ok, I know!) Baking your cake and eating it too is truly priceless.

P.S. I still like black clothes (very slimming!) and loud rock music. I still suck at sports. I still like sarcasm (although maybe not as “out loud” as before). I still smile when I pass Barbie in the toy store. I no longer own a hoop skirt but I still pretend to be Scarlett O’hara sometimes :)

P.P.S. Have anyone seen this? What a super idea! Whether you're in pink or in black or in anything in between…Girls Rock!

44 comments:

Haha you're too funny. We couldn't have gotten along as little girls. I was the tomboy climbing the tree and hanging out at the village water tank at night, and playing tumbang preso. But I'm happy we have all these similar interets now! :) LIke those muffins, I want them!!!

Hahaha!!! I don't like pink and was never very girly like you (or wasn't that obvious?), nor was I athletic or tomboyish like Nena, but at least we all share a love for loud music and (though I don't even like fresh banananas) Nutella Banana Muffins! Yum!!!

Haha! Oh Nens! I tried, I really tried...but I was too slow and uncoordinated so no one picked me for games! My dolls were the only ones who couldn't outrun me ;) Well, I think we have the more important things in common now :)

Hi Jengkie! Thanks for dropping by :) I'm sure in the event that you get to have a daughter she will be adorable!

Hi Katrina! We are quite the motley crue, I mean crew, aren't we? ;) I think that makes us all the more fun! And between all of us we lick the platter clean! :)

I used to be a tomboy (growing up with brothers) but now I am discovering my feminine side. I am crazy about pink too especially matched up with brown. And don't get me started on my ribbon collection!

Those cupcakes look dangerously delicious! Pink was also my favorite color as a child. On my 6th birthday my aunt asked me what I wanted for my birthday, all I wanted was a pink, frilly dress, and she got it for me! How I loved that dress! These days I leave the pink to my 2 girly daughters!

Joey I love pink too. It's my favourite colour. I make these all the time and then decorate them differently, although chocolate icing is a big favourite. I never owned a Barbie doll but the apartment building I live in is called Malibu apartments so I really beleive I'm now Malibu Barbie for real.

Oh Joey, this post has made me smile (and I still do). Do you know that always YOU come to my mind (among other good things of course) when I get me the Nutella jar ? Yes, I also need some Nutella insurance here and then. Stay as you are - whether in pink or black, but golden in your heart.. big hug, angelikaPS: Delicious:Days recipes are always worth to follow, aren't they ?PPS: There is always an excuse for Nutella, right ?

I always abhorred pink and anything frou-frou. And then what happens - my offspring wears a tiara everywhere and would sleep in a tutu if she could. But, hey, I think she can rock, too. She loved watching We Will Rock You, the Queen musical. She knows the words to many Queen anthems.

Hi Brilynn! At least you had a sister...I have a brother and when we were little my mom would dress us in matching outfits too! I wore the frilly dress and he wore the matching shirt and bloomers outfit. Zoiks!

Hi Lyb! I remember all my favorite dresses...well, the hoop skirt was definitely up there! For a long as a kid time I hated jeans...can you believe it?

Hi Katiez! Hahaha! Nutella...now you see it, now you don't. So eat it quick!

Hi Jerry! Yes...I really liked them :)

Hi Princess Dyanie! Yay! Nice to know I'm not alone :)

Hi Barbara! I'm glad we share a favorite color :) I wish my apartment building had a snazzy name like that!

Hi Angelika! Thanks you for such a sweet comment (you being an absolutely golden person yourself!) :) I'm glad you think of me when you see a jar of Nutella! :) I hope the Nutella gods watch and send a lot of Nutella my way, heehee :) Delicious Days is fantastic and there will always be a reason for Nutella!

Hi Suzana! Sigh...me too! Sometimes girls have a tough time of it trying to figure out who they are...but I think we all have the fortitude to keeping on trucking until we do! :)

Hi Stella! Yay! Go pink! :) Petit pains with Nutella? Where? I am so going over there right now!

Hi Oggi! Thank you! Pink and brown is a fab combination :)

Hi P! I am such a fan of Rama and so tickled that we have that in common (I also had a tiara) :) She really rocks! I also had a pink tutu...although my ballet life was cut short because I was far from slim and graceful!

Hi Susan! I know...that's exactly what I thought when I found this recipe :)

Girly-girl present! hahaha I too suck at sports no matter how hard I try! hahaha I love pink too joey...my room is pink! pink! pink! hahaha ..so what? We are girls and I love making banana nutella..err not muffins though..but good idea...banana-nutella bread/ cake for me...and friends and family love 'em too =)

Hi Karen! I'm happy to know that you and your family enjoyed these muffins as much as I did :) Thanks for the mention on your blog...which btw is fantastic! Although I was a big fan of Barbie, that didn't keep my chubby fingers off my brother's Transformers ;) My favorite were the Constructicons! When the Transformers movie came out last year, I hied off to the cinema with the rest of the fans and cried at the first sight (and sound!) of Optimus Prime! I know, I can be a dork.

Hello Bree! Thanks for dropping by :) Wouldn't that be the perfect world? Cupcakes at every meal!